IN LOCAL HISTORY

Wednesday

May 4, 2016 at 7:00 AM

100 Years Ago May 5, 1916

For the first time in five weeks scarlet fever has been reported to the Board of Health, and this time the victims are the twin sons of Victor Beauchemin of Jean street. They are two years old. The cases will be given home treatment. They are not seriously ill. The house was quarantined and this morning by Agent William P. O’Donnell of the Health board. But two patients are now being treated at the David Parker hospital, which is the lowest number since the hospital was placed by the commission. Pauline Boulin, the baby daughter of Joseph Blouin, South Gardner, who has been at the hospital for treatment for diphtheria, has recovered and was taken to her home yesterday.

75 Years Ago May 9, 1941

The need for Legion organization for civilian defense in the event of emergency was presented to nearly 100 members of Gardner and other northern county posts of the Legion in the monthly & Stone hurricane chair by Past Commander George B. Currie on behalf of the post. Delegates to the department convention to be held in Fall River were elected in a short business meeting. They were Commander Philipp S. Holmes and Past Co­mmanders George B. Currie, Ed­ward V. O’Donnell and Howard M. Ball.

50 Years Ago Apr 29, 1966

Representatives of the Am­erican Casualty Co. of Reading, PA. met with members of the Public Works Board, Mayor Cyrille Landry and City Solicitor John Bohman yesterday afternoon to discuss the Perley Brook project. Attending the session as well were representatives of Camp, Dresser and McKee, consulting engineers, and Haley and Aldrich, soils engineers. Specifically, discussion centered on the alleged contract violations which have been charged against the general contractor of the project, Paul L. Flanagan and Sons Co.

25 Years Ago May 10, 1991

Members of the United Parent-Teacher Organization were st­rongly against campaigning for a Proposition 2.5 override for the city schools Thursday night, arguing that if the City Council wants to resort to such a measure, they should work for it themselves. The discussion was prompted by a motion for City councilor Dr. Thomas Tracy at Monday’s city Council Meeting to have the council express support for a Pr­oposition 2.5 override for sc­hools. “How do we address the override issue that keeps rearing its ugly head?” Asked United P.T.O member Alice Anderson.

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